Forty years ago — 1984 Traci Hopkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Hopkins of Irving, has been named Student of the Week at Silver Creek High School. A senior, she is a member of the National Honor Society and was a commended student in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. An ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 Dr. Michael J. Pietrusik recently received notification from the American Board of Podiatric Surgery that he had been granted diplomat status following written and oral examinations in Chicago. By obtaining his board certification/diplomat status, Dr. Pietrusik has ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 Gov. Mario Cuomo presented the ninth annual Governor’s Productivity Awards to seven state employees for their exemplary achievement in improving state services, increasing productivity and saving taxpayers’ money. Timothy M. Byrne of Gowanda, a maintenance ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 Three hundred grape growers from New York and Pennsylvania attended the second annual Lake Erie Regional Grape Program, a day-long event sponsored by the Cornell and Penn State Cooperative Extension. The late Marty Martin of Chapin Road, Sheridan was honored ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 What took Fredonia resident Tom Barresi 47 years to do the first time he has now done twice in two years. He recently returned to Verviers, Belgium to visit a couple, Victor and Jeanne DeJardin, who housed him and an Army buddy in February 1945, shortly after the ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 Third-grade students at St. Hyacinth School with teacher Deborah Mourer have just completed a unit dedicated to the Winter Olympics. Students drew maps and flags of the countries involved in the Olympics and gave written reports on the different sports. Winter ...